By browsing and/or using AHigherThought.com you acknowledge that you have read, understand, and agree to these Terms of Use and will comply with all applicable laws and regulations. This agreement contains warranty disclaimers and provisions that limit our liability to you. Please read it carefully. Please do not use the site, if you do not agree with our Terms of Use.
Usage of AHigherThought.com Website
Ignited Ideas, the owners and creators of AHigherThoughts (hereafter referred to as “AHigherThought”) grant you a limited license to use the services provided by AHigherThought.com solely for your personal use, subject to these Terms of Use. No other use of the website is authorized. You agree that any copy of the materials (or any portion of the materials) that you make shall retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained herein or therein. Embedding of the website or site materials or posting of materials on other websites outside of these Terms of Use is prohibited.
Owners of Information
These terms of use apply to your use of all of the Sites and services owned, hosted, or operated by AHigherThought (collectively “we,” “us,” or “our”), including AHigherThought.com, do own and operate or may own or operate in the future including social media sites (collectively, the “Sites”). Unless we say otherwise, all references to the Sites in these terms of use include all such Sites. These terms of use do not apply to your use of unaffiliated Sites to which any of the Sites may link to or direct you to.
If you have any questions about these terms of use you may contact us at:
Ignited Ideas, LLC
3765 Highway 11
Pickens SC 29617
Telephone: 800-468-9208
CustomerCare@AHigherThought.com
Copyright Information
All of the material available on the website is copyrighted 2014-2018 Ignited Ideas, LLC or used under license. AHigherThought currently uses copyrighted materials from various individuals and entities.
Spam Policy
You may NOT use AHigherThought to send links to mailing lists to which you do not have full rights or to send unsolicited bulk personal or commercial messages. Send unsolicited emails (spam) to anyone whom you do not have a personal or business relationship with or who not has opted in to receive communication from you. This includes the procurement, purchase or rental of any email lists.
Warranty Restriction; Limitation of Liability
The materials and services provided by AHigherThought are provided as you find them without any kind of warranty. AHigherThought is not responsible for any failure of electronic messages sent through its website to any intended recipients on the date specified by the sender. The materials on the site are subject to change without notice.
Neither AHigherThought, nor any of their affiliates, vendors, employees, directors or sponsors shall be liable for any direct, indirect, or special punitive, exemplary and/or incidental damages of any kind whatsoever resulting from or arising in connection with your access to, inability to access, or use this site.
Neither AHigherThought, nor their affiliates takes any responsibility or assumes any liability for any content transmitted by you or any third party, or for any mistakes, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography, indecency, lewdness, harassment, threats, abuse, or profanity you may encounter in using this site. You agree to hold harmless AHigherThought, and its affiliates and parties with AHigherThought has contracted for purposes of hosting or maintaining this site from all claims upon communication or materials made available by you on this site.
International Use
Neither AHigherThought or their affiliates make any representation that materials on this website are appropriate or available for use in locations outside the United States, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this website from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.
Indemnification
You hereby indemnify, defend and hold harmless AHigherThought, their affiliates, and all officers, directors, owners, agents, content providers, licensors and licensees (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all liability and costs, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by the Indemnified Parties in connection with any claim arising out of any breach by you or any user of your account of this Agreement. You shall cooperate as fully as reasonably required in defense of any such claim. AHigherThought reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you.
Compliance
If AHigherThought determines that you have violated these Terms of Use, we reserve the right to immediately block your ability share content from the site, and/or pursue any other remedies available to it under applicable law.
This agreement, and the respective rights and obligations of the parties hereto, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of South Carolina. Any action of the parties shall be initiated and maintained only in a court of competent jurisdiction in South Carolina.
Updates to Terms
AHigherThought reserves the right to revise these Terms of Use at any time by updating this posting. By using this site, you agree to comply with all such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this site to determine the current Terms of Use which presently apply.
Privacy Matters
AHigherThought is committed to protecting your personal privacy. We do not sell, lease, or share with unaffiliated partners any information you use to log into AHigherThought.com. The sole purpose of the data we collect is to give you access to our services or the services of our Affiliates, and to protect you from unwanted spam. By using AHigherThought.com, you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy. You may review our Privacy Policy here.
Security
The security of your personal information is important to us. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Links
These terms of use apply only to our Sites, and not to the Sites of any other companies or organizations, including those we link to. We do not maintain, create, endorse, or take any responsibility for the contents, advertising, products or other materials made available through any other site, including those we link to. Under no circumstances will we be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage that is caused or alleged to have been caused to you in connection with your use of any content, goods or services available on any other site. Other Sites may link to our Sites by permission only. To seek our permission, you may contact us at the information above. We reserve the right to rescind any permission granted to you or any organization in which we approve linking to our Sites, and to require termination of any such link to any of the Sites, at our discretion at any time.
User Registration
We may, at our discretion, suspend or terminate the registration of any forum user or general user who violates any of these terms of use of use, any of the forum member guidelines or for any other behavior that we in our discretion believe is inappropriate.